Halloween

The students from the Vocational course in Catering serve breakfasts every Monday and Thursday at our school.
On thursdays, breakfasts are in English. The teachers giving lessons to them and our language and culture assistant, Kelly, are doing a good job. I can't think of a better way to get the students to learn and improve their English.
Last Thursday, it was a special day. The students and some teachers dressed up in costume so as to celebrate Halloween. We had some typical sweets and nice buscuits made by Kelly and while having breakfast we could also enjoy a powerpoint presentation created by Kelly for the occasion.

Halloween

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Introductions

The other day we were recording videos for our ESL exchange project with students from MiraCosta College, in California. What fun!




La Rosaleda- MiraCosta College

My students' works

I promised my students to post here some of the activities they did last May. We had just about a month to work on the Webquest How did women live in Middle Ages? and be able to take part in Educared awards.
Nearly all the students in my two Bachillerato groups volunteered for the project. They did a good job and made a great effort, bearing in mind that they were preparing exams at the same time.
It was also a pleasure for us to work with Mar Gallego, Isabel Alonso and with Francisco Ponce, whose students created a wiki and did some treasure hunts in French related to the same topic.
It has been one of the most rewarding and positive experience I've ever had. Collaboration, cooperation, creative learning, teamwork , contributions, enthusiasm... made us success in making a difference in our classes.

How women lived in Middle Ages



Música: Amazing Gracêb, por Adagrante, vía Jamendo





Middle Ages clothing



Música: les cordes de l'âme por, Adagrante, vía jamendo


Cooking Medieval recipes



Música: Bleuved Nébéleg, por Adragante , vía Jamendo


Middle Ages Women blog. The whole project.

Test your English

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Projects

Back again and quite happy to start classes.
New challenges and projects for this school year.
In addition to Bachillerato courses I will be giving lessons to a Vocational Course in Sign Language. This is the first time and I'm quite busy looking for interesting material to be used with them. I met the students the other day and they are lovely. I have the feeling that we are going to learn a lot from each other.
And two projects ahead, the first one, a collaborative project on the eighteenth century with my friends and colleagues José Luis Gamboa and Rosa Lara. Social changes, Spanish and English literature posts will be the thread of a blog we have created and this time we would like to go a bit further, we want all the departments at our school to get involved in the project. We are quite excited about it. Here, the blog and wiki.
The second project, an ESL video exhange with Kristi Reyes and Eli Clarke, two teachers at MiraCosta Community College in Southern California. Our host will be Ryan Detwiler from ESL video who has already set up a blog in order to invite other teachers to join us.
Well, it looks promising, doesn't it? a great school year with interesting experiences and good fun.

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Happy summer!

This summer we are thinking of going to Portugal again. Yes, again, we love this country.
Two years ago, we travelled to Lisbon, a charming and magic place you shouldn't miss. Last year we went to Vila Nova de Milfontes, a beautiful town on the Southwest coast, with little tourism and fascinating long and sandy beaches which are still unspoilt . Ideal for a family trip and for anyone looking for a relaxing and quiet holiday. You can't miss it either. And this year? well, we would like to go to the North, Aveiro, Porto, Bragança, Coimbra, Viana de Castelo. We have been said they are amazing places. I'll let you know.

Lisbon




This video about Lisbon is taken from Geobeats, an interesting site about destinations from all over the world. Hundred of worldwide filmmakers and hosts show us their cities and tell us about landmarks, activities, art, food, shoopping, nightlife, festivals, people...
Really useful for preparing activities for students and above all for those ones studying tourism and get them to know other places and cultures.


Vila Nova de Milfontes

And, What about you? What are you doing this summer?, Are you going anywhere on holiday? Well, whatever you do or wherever you go have a nice summer and enjoy ! I'll see you in September!

Take care

Ana

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